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Inconvenient Skin by Shane L. Koyczan, Jim Logan, Kent Monkman, Nadya Kwandibens, Joseph M. Sanchez
elizabethlk's review
4.0
Inconvenient Skin is a great book for MG/YA readers who are learning about Canada's treatment of Indigenous people throughout history and into the present, and it would work well as a companion piece in a broader lesson on the subject.
There's some great art from Indigenous artists that really add to the narrative and messages, and also provide a great sampling of modern Indigenous artwork. The poetry throughout the book helps to shape the story of this history and present and to encourage movements towards change. The poetry itself is good and makes for lovely reading, providing profound statements on a painful subject. The Cree translations appear to be quite thorough, and I imagine this would make for a good piece for kids learning to speak and read Cree.
Recommended.
There's some great art from Indigenous artists that really add to the narrative and messages, and also provide a great sampling of modern Indigenous artwork. The poetry throughout the book helps to shape the story of this history and present and to encourage movements towards change. The poetry itself is good and makes for lovely reading, providing profound statements on a painful subject. The Cree translations appear to be quite thorough, and I imagine this would make for a good piece for kids learning to speak and read Cree.
Recommended.
danikaellis's review
3.0
The artwork is amazing, and I appreciate that this is bilingual, but I'm not sure who the audience is. It's vague enough that you need some background knowledge to follow what the art and poetry is referring to, but it also doesn't go into a lot of depth or specifics. There are some good lines and great art, but I'm not sure how I would incorporate this into a class.
150 years
is just us putting birthday candles
on top of smallpox blankets, teen suicides
and missing murdered women
150 years
is just us putting birthday candles
on top of smallpox blankets, teen suicides
and missing murdered women
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